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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 06:21 AM
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Umm... Yes. If we didn't feel that way we obviously wouldn't be chiming in. That bike looks like one of those Honda "choppers" they came out with a couple of years ago. Tons of much better looking scoots around...including mine.



That statement is as sad as listening a fat, ugly chick reassuring herself that she is beautiful on the inside in order to make herself feel better despite the obvious.
Wow.... The only thing good looking on your bike is the chick... It needs a chick on it to make people wanna look at it... Deuce > crossbones any day of the week. I dont go anywhere without people complimenting me on my deuce.
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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 08:06 AM
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Wow.... The only thing good looking on your bike is the chick... It needs a chick on it to make people wanna look at it... Deuce > crossbones any day of the week. I dont go anywhere without people complimenting me on my deuce.
Sounds like people really like your ****.

I got my rim back from the powder coater this weekend. I'm going to work on getting it put on next week.
 
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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 08:33 AM
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Sounds like people really like your ****.

I got my rim back from the powder coater this weekend. I'm going to work on getting it put on next week.
Haha... When they ask what kind it is I say it's a Honda fury... Lol. Wait no I say it's a peice of ****!!!!

What color did u get ur rim powder coated?
 
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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 08:38 AM
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Haha... When they ask what kind it is I say it's a Honda fury... Lol. Wait no I say it's a peice of ****!!!!

What color did u get ur rim powder coated?

your bike is sweet
 
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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 08:50 AM
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your bike is sweet
Thanks! I'm very happy with the way it turned out.. Not as sweet as Harleycharlies tho...Yours is lookin pretty damn nice too!
 
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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 08:54 AM
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Thanks! I'm very happy with the way it turned out.. Not as sweet as Harleycharlies tho...Yours is lookin pretty damn nice too!

his is a little to over done for my taste. I can appreciate all that went into it, but black and chrome see right at home on a bike
 
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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by kiwideuce
yours better then harlie charlies? no its not!!
they stopped makin x bones because there ugly and didnt sell, dueces always sold well!
And if they sold so well they stopped making them...why? And of they sold so well why is it that the last time I saw one in person was about three years ago when an Deuce owner was trading his into the local dealership for a different Harley?

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Skeez...everyone has an opinion and can blast away. I like all bikes and appreciate them in their own respect and beauty. I just think it's pretty tacky and narrow minded when someone starts stating that others bikes are ugly that are not....especially just because it is different than theirs. Ugly is pretty harsh. Not your preference fine. I am a springer guy and have one and prefer apes... look at my bikes. I really like the crossbones and yours too.

Everyone has their style going here. Really doesn't matter, just thought I would show some respect and appreciation for a bad *** bike. The Deuce can be done up with the best. As far as looking like something else, to me it absolutely does not look like anything but a Harley Deuce cherried out and done up with Drag bars. Not sure where you got your motorcycle goggles from. Maybe you just started riding.

Anyhow, peace. to eaches own.
I'm just giving everyone a hard time. Crossbones guys say the same thing about their bikes (that the stopped making them so that those of us who have them will be the only cool ones). Fact is I didn't even like my Crossbones in stock form which is why it doesn't look like a Crossbones anymore. Unlike the owners of most other models, I'll be the first to tell you that Harley dropped the ball on the Bones but there was enough there for me to make it into a motorcycle that I can love more than any other.

There is nothing wrong with my statement that most of us think that our bikes look better than everyone else's. I don't mean to say that it's a fact that mine is a better looking bike...but it is better looking to ME which is why I own it versus whatever motorcycle is being discussed. Yes. I THINK MY BIKE LOOKS BETTER THAN MOST WHICH IS WHY I OWN IT. I think most people feel the same way. It is not a statement of fact. It is not a rag on anyone for riding a Deuce or anything else. It is what it is.

I also responded the way I did because everyone was getting all defensive over people answering honestly to a question that was asked. No one including me just came out and started this thread to say how ugly we think the Deuce is. On the other hand, were you all thinking that everyone was going to say something like "Yeah! Why DID they stop selling it? It was the BEST looking Harley EVER!" And I didn't think anyone was singling anyone specific out but speaking about the model in general. I sure as hell haven't been on any Crossbones forum (or Rocker forum, or whatever other model forum) and seen NOTHING BUT LOVE being laid out. So why the hell can't people be honest on a Deuce forum without being told something silly that there is no way possible our Harley could look better than the Deuce?

So again, I stick to my answer to a question asked; the Deuce really is a bit boring and does look like a Honda. Obviously lots of people think so or they would be rolling out the 2013 right about now. You can argue against that all you want but then why is there a discussion about why they are no longer made...?

And for future reference; if no one wants their feelings hurt about what they ride then don't post threads asking for opinions about what they ride. Or maybe add a disclaimer that reads "Positive Comments ONLY, Please."
 
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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 06:23 PM
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seems to me that the honda looks like the deuce, which came first? you know what they say about imitation, the highest form of flattery
 
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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 06:50 PM
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I hear ya skeez... smack talk goes both ways and on this thread you gave some and recieved some.

Seems to me that the Honda tried hard to copy the deuce. I actually never knew that, but I looked up the Hond Fury and it came out in 09? The Deuce was produced from 1999-2005. Pretty long stint for the Deuce with Harley... 6 years is pretty good.

The fury is just another wanna be. It looks ok, but like most of those bikes still look cheap. Nobody would say a Fatboy looks like a Boulevard... it's the opposite, just like the it is for the fury.

Anyhow, happy riding to all the bros. No matter what hell you ride.
 
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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by rockinred
I hear ya skeez... smack talk goes both ways and on this thread you gave some and recieved some.

Seems to me that the Honda tried hard to copy the deuce. I actually never knew that, but I looked up the Hond Fury and it came out in 09? The Deuce was produced from 1999-2005. Pretty long stint for the Deuce with Harley... 6 years is pretty good.

The fury is just another wanna be. It looks ok, but like most of those bikes still look cheap. Nobody would say a Fatboy looks like a Boulevard... it's the opposite, just like the it is for the fury.

Anyhow, happy riding to all the bros. No matter what hell you ride.
My deuce is an 07 which was the last yr for them... So longer than that...
 
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